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3. C. LEAR.

D HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 20. 1919.

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JESSE C. LEAR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

D-HANDLE.

Specification of Illetters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

Application filed May 28, 1919. Serial No. 300,329.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jesse C. LEAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful D-Handle, ofwhich the following is a specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide a metal head for a D-handle, which head has a non-turning grip, is rigid with the stem and will not readily work loose, and is made of two parts which are exact duplicates and which interfit to position the two parts properly with relation to each other. I v

The accompanying drawing illustrates my invention: Figure 1 is an elevation of a D-handle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through such D-handle; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of such handle, as viewed from the edge; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective of one of the metal parts.

The -handle head comprises two parts which are exact duplicates of each other. Each part has a half shell 10, semi-cylindrical or perhaps slightly semi-conical as de sired, which half shell when mated with a similar half shell of another part forms a socket for the. stem ll'of the handle. The two half shells are held together b rivets 12 which pass through the stem. t their upper ends, the half shells 10 are provided with abutments 13, in the shape of half disks, which abutments matewith each other to form a'stop for the end of the stem 11 to. abut against, as is clear from Fig. 2. By reason of this abutting, are relieved of the greater part of the strain when the implement is in use, as the strain is transmitted direct from the stem 11 to the abutments 13. This prevents the rivets 12 from working loose. On their faces where they meet each Q other, each abutment 13 is provided with a rib Maud with a groove 15, which extend from the middle point of such face outward in. opposite directions, Because of this, when the two metal parts are put together, therib 14 in each projects into the groove 15 of the other, thus providing an interlock between the two; and yet the two parts are exact duplicates.

From the upper end of each half shell 16 a curved arm 16 proiects, of proper shape so that when the two metal parts are put the rivets '19.

and with them through the gr turning about its axis within the sockets.

17. The eccentric ofisetting of the rivet 19 is toward the stem 11, so that the greater thickness of wood is in that side of the grip which receives the pressure.

By having the metal parts made as exact duplicates of each other, it is possible when making them in quantity to make only one kind, so that any two may be put together to form a complete head. When the head is assembled on the end of a stem, its parts are as rigid with one another as though all were made integral, and they do not work loose in use.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a D handle, the combination of two spaced arms, a grip between said two arms and with them forming the D of the handle, said arms being provided with sockets in which the ends of the grip fit, and a clamping member connecting said. two arms and passing through said grip eccentric'ally of said sockets, the eccentric offsetting of said clamping member being toward the stem of the handle. I

2; In a D handle, the combination of two spaced arms, a grip between said two arms forming the D of the handle, said arms being provided with sockets in which the ends of the grip fit, and a clamping member connecting said two arms and passing through said grip 'eccentrically of said sockets.

3. In a D handle, the combination of a stem, a metal head clamped upon said stem, said head having two separated arms, a wood grip mounted between said two arms, said arms being provided with sockets on their adjacent faces and said grip extending into said sockets, and rivet connecting the two arms and passing longitudinally ip. rivet being located eccentrically grip and sockets.

In a die, the combination of a stem, a longi...u .inally split metal head attwo arms and having its ends locate'd in said sockets, and a rivet connecting the two arms and passing through the grip, said rivet being locatedeccentrically of the sockets.

5. In a D handle, a metal head formed of two parts, each part comprising a half shell and an arm extending therefrom, and the half shell of each arm having an end wall to form an abutment for the end of the stem, so that when the two parts are put together the two half shells form a socket, the end walls mate to close one end of the socket and to form the abutment for the end of the stem, and the two arms provide a support for a grip.

6. In a D handle, the combination of a metal head formed of two identical parts,

each part comprising a half shell and an arm so that when the two parts are put together the two half shellsform a socket for a stem and the two arms a support for a grip, each of said parts having a notch and a prO ection arranged when two parts are put together to mate with a projection and a notch on, the other part.

7. In a D handle, a two-part metallic head formed of two identical parts, each part comprising a half shell and an arm and an abutment, so that when the two parts are put together the 'two half shells form a socket, the two abutments close the end of said socket and serve to abut against the end of the stem, and the two arms provide a support for a wood grip, the mating edge of each abutment being provided with a notch and a projection which mate with a projection and a notch respectively on the other abutment when two parts are put together.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this twenty-sixth day of May, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

JESSE c. LEAR. 

